About the Director

Fr. P. Christie, S.J., Ph.D.

Fr. P. Christie, S.J., joined XLRI as Director on 7 June, 2019. Previously, he was the Director of LIBA, Chennai for 11 years. During his tenure at LIBA he started several new courses including PhD (in affiliation with the University of Madras); one-year diploma courses such as Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Healthcare Management in collaboration with CMC, Vellore; Certificate Programs; Two-year Executive Postgraduate Programs for companies, tailor-made to meet the specific needs of the companies.

He also started the Centres of Excellence - Centre for Business Ethics and Corporate Governance, Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management, CK Prahalad Centre for Emerging India.

His association with LIBA goes back to 1999, when he started as Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences. He headed the institute as the Dean from 2001-04.

He has also written several articles and research papers for reputed national and international journals.

With his vast experience in evaluations and strategic planning he has undertaken several consulting assignments and strategic planning of programmes and organisations in India and abroad.

Fr Christie completed his MBA and PhD in Decision sciences from St. Louis University, St. Louis, USA. He holds a master’s degree in statistics from Madras Christian College, Chennai.